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expel, eject, force out, evict, Colloq Brit turf out, Slang
bounce: Henry was thrown out of the pub for rowdy behaviour. c
See 5 (a), above. d See 6 (a), above. 8 throw over. jilt,
leave, abandon, desert, forsake, break or split up with, Colloq
walk out on, chuck, drop: She was heartbroken when he threw her
over and married her sister. 9 throw up. a vomit, spit up,
puke, spew up, be sick; regurgitate, disgorge, Colloq heave
(up): He felt as if he was going to throw up. b abandon, quit,
leave, throw over, give up, relinquish, resign, renounce, Colloq
chuck: He threw up a perfectly good job to go and live on a
boat. c reveal, bring out or up, bring to the surface or the
top, bring forward or forth, bring to light or to notice: Their
treachery was thrown up in high relief by the events that
followed. d throw or slap or knock together, jerry-build: The
house was thrown up overnight - and it looks like it. e See 6
(a), above.
thrust v. 1 push, shove, drive, force, impel, ram, jam, butt, propel,
prod, urge, press; shoulder, jostle, elbow: A stranger thrust
this note into my hand. She thrust her way through the crowd. 2
stab, plunge, stick, jab, poke; lunge: He thrust the dagger
into the man's back. She thrust at me with an ice pick. 3
Usually, thrust upon. press (upon or on), impose (upon or on),
force (upon or on), urge (upon or on): They were willing to
help, but rather thought the problem had been thrust upon them.
--n. 4 shove, push, drive, lunge, poke, prod, stab: He
depended on his agility to avoid the thrusts of the rapier. 5
propulsion, force, power, energy: The thrust of the photon
engines drives the space ship at nearly the speed of light.
thud n. clunk, thump, whomp, wham, clonk, bump: His head hit the
wall with a thud.
thug n. hooligan, gangster, desperado, gunman, terrorist, hoodlum,
robber, assassin, murderer, killer, cutthroat, ruffian, Mafioso,
(In Paris) apache, tough, mugger, Technical p'hansigar, Brit
rough, Slang tough, hood, crook, hit man, heavy, US goon,
Australian larrikin: Some thugs roughed him up and took his
wallet.
thumb n. 1 Technical pollex. 2 all thumbs. awkward, clumsy,
maladroit, Colloq butter-fingered, ham-fisted, cack-handed: I